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[Q] Cant unlock bootloader or Restore to stock or re root

i rooted it already, the only thing ive changed is the font on the phone, i want to update to the 4.2.1. jelly bean ROM but i didnt know about unlocking the bootloader till i tried to unlock it today and nothing is working. Ive tried everything with odin, CASUAL, nothing. so i figured if i restore back to stock then root again incase something went wrong and it wont let me in odin. Keeps saying fail. I download root checker and it tells me i dont have proper root access. Even though i have superuser. I have no clue what the problem is now and im stuck. Please help ..

What is your current phone info under About Phone? How exactly does Odin fail? There's not much that can go wrong address long as you're inputting the correct files and are actually in download mode. What you could do is just:
1) Odin flash MrRobinson rooted TW 4.1 JB
2) use EZ Unlock v.1.2 to unlock
3) install your preferred custom recovery
4) flash whichever rom you want
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SlimSnoopOS said:
What is your current phone info under About Phone? How exactly does Odin fail? There's not much that can go wrong address long as you're inputting the correct files and are actually in download mode. What you could do is just:
1) Odin flash MrRobinson rooted TW 4.1 JB
2) use EZ Unlock v.1.2 to unlock
3) install your preferred custom recovery
4) flash whichever rom you want
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I'm running 4.0.4. And the first thing I tried was ez unlock and it said failed and asked if I'm rooted.

Dsolo23 said:
I'm running 4.0.4. And the first thing I tried was ez unlock and it said failed and asked if I'm rooted.
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How are you booting into download mode (for Odin) on your phone? Also, do you have "su" in this directory: System/xbin/
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SlimSnoopOS said:
How are you booting into download mode (for Odin) on your phone?
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Volume down, home and power. It worked before the first time I rooted it using odin but now it fails me everytime

try this
Dsolo23 said:
Volume down, home and power. It worked before the first time I rooted it using odin but now it fails me everytime
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IF your running on 4.0.4 try this. Look in the solutions section, this may help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2065285
please give a thanks to funkymonk101 for his awesome advise. i take no credit for this, i'm only trying to pass on the information from others.
Good luck

ssphaneuf said:
IF your running on 4.0.4 try this. Look in the solutions section, this may help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2065285
please give a thanks to funkymonk101 for his awesome advise. i take no credit for this, i'm only trying to pass on the information from others.
Good luck
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Problem is.. I've tried that already lol it always says fail no matter what I try. Literally

Dsolo23 said:
Problem is.. I've tried that already lol it always says fail no matter what I try. Literally
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Could you tell me if you have "su" in this directory : System/xbin/
Are you saying that your phone will not boot into download mode using the three finger combo? Or are you saying the file that you flash in Odin is failing? There's a little ambiguity here. If you can't boot into download mode BUT you do have su, try either:
1) without quotes, this adb command: "adb reboot download"
OR
2) Download Terminal Emulator, then type:
su
reboot download
Then try Odin flashing a stock image.
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SlimSnoopOS said:
Could you tell me if you have "su" in this directory : System/xbin/
Are you saying that your phone will not boot into download mode using the three finger combo? Or are you saying the file that you flash in Odin is failing? There's a little ambiguity here. If you can't boot into download mode BUT you do have su, try either:
1) without quotes, this adb command: "adb reboot download"
OR
2) Download Terminal Emulator, then type:
su
reboot download
Then try Odin flashing a stock image.
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No I can get into download mode but I never tried the commands. I just don't understand why it keeps failing me, tried a couple different stock files and all fail. Appreciate the help

Dsolo23 said:
No I can get into download mode but I never tried the commands. I just don't understand why it keeps failing me, tried a couple different stock files and all fail. Appreciate the help
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Ahh ok, clears it up for me. Well, Droidstyle's guide has the stock images for VRALG1 and VRBLK3 (I think). For you, it's probably easier to use VRALG1 stock image then root again.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1762709
I have to ask, where were you downloading your Odin stock images from? I haven't heard of many folks having issues with Droidstyle's at all.
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Ahh I've never tried that link. Will get back to you in a lil bit. Thanks!
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Any luck?
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Gotta go to work, im gonna try tonight
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SlimSnoopOS said:
Ahh ok, clears it up for me. Well, Droidstyle's guide has the stock images for VRALG1 and VRBLK3 (I think). For you, it's probably easier to use VRALG1 stock image then root again.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1762709
I have to ask, where were you downloading your Odin stock images from? I haven't heard of many folks having issues with Droidstyle's at all.
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I also can not install anything with out fail in odin! When I try to install anything from sd card I get failed to verify signature, I do not have unlocked bootloader or rooted phone. its completely stock. Is there anyway to unlock bootloader from odin? my main problem is the SIM card Check in the begging of the phone as I do not have a Verizon Sim at all.

Just tried and nothing. After a minute the last thing Odin says is "end..." and nothing happens
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nlopez1907 said:
I also can not install anything with out fail in odin! When I try to install anything from sd card I get failed to verify signature, I do not have unlocked bootloader or rooted phone. its completely stock. Is there anyway to unlock bootloader from odin? my main problem is the SIM card Check in the begging of the phone as I do not have a Verizon Sim at all.
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What are you trying to do? If you're using Odin to flash anything, your phone needs to be in download mode: hold power button, volume down, and home. Odin will not recognize your phone otherwise.
Dsolo23 said:
Just tried and nothing. After a minute the last thing Odin says is "end..." and nothing happens
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When does Odin say this? After it does the file verification once you have selected the file from your computer? Or after you press Start?
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SlimSnoopOS said:
What are you trying to do? If you're using Odin to flash anything, your phone needs to be in download mode: hold power button, volume down, and home. Odin will not recognize your phone otherwise.
When does Odin say this? After it does the file verification once you have selected the file from your computer? Or after you press Start?
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HI! I was able to get into the phone with a Verizon sim and unlock the bootloader and root. with the root I was able to uninstall all Verizon software and able to do a factory restore with NO VERIZON SIM CHECK! SO NOWWWW!!! my question is I want to unlock the phone and use on Tmobile I do not care about 3g or anything like that just a working unlock for calls and text! Also anyone know a good Rom for Tmobile on this device???

SlimSnoopOS said:
What are you trying to do? If you're using Odin to flash anything, your phone needs to be in download mode: hold power button, volume down, and home. Odin will not recognize your phone otherwise.
When does Odin say this? After it does the file verification once you have selected the file from your computer? Or after you press Start?
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I'm sorry I feel like such an idiot. After I downloaded the zip file I never extracted it lol I did it this time and now I'm stock on 4.0.4 is there a way to root and unlock downloader at the same time because the last way I rooted didn't unlock it

Dsolo23 said:
I'm sorry I feel like such an idiot. After I downloaded the zip file I never extracted it lol I did it this time and now I'm stock on 4.0.4 is there a way to root and unlock downloader at the same time because the last way I rooted didn't unlock it
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Haha it's all good. I only know of the two phase way, root first then unlock using EZ Unlock v.1.2. Section 1 of Droidstyle's guide will sort you out if you're on ICS 4.0.4:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1762709
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Can someone please help. I cannot get any roms installed it allways failed verifying it tells me its rooted but I cant get any roms flashed.
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[Q] VZW GS3 ODIN and Recovery issues

Hello All - I am a long time viewer of the forum, Recently I noticed an update available for the GS# to 4.2.2. I downloaded the Rom and began my normal process of using ROM Manager to boot into recovery mode to install the latest file. When the update finished applying I was presented with a brief view of the Samsung boot screen and then remained stuck on the Google Boot Screen.
I downloaded a stock firmware to apply with Odin 3.07 but it fails halfway through the write process.
Can someone please give me a hand or point me in a direction if you experienced the same problem.
Also when I try to load into recovery mode the phone screen remains black.
Thanks for any help!
Nick

What rom did you try to upgrade? Link please? And just to verify, do you have a Verizon GSIII?
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I tried to download the 4.2.2 file from the following location,rootzwiki - "aokp-d2vzw-jb-mr1-build-4", went through rom manager and now is timing out on the google screen.
I do still have the phone with me currently. Thanks for any help you can provide.

I never use Rom Manager so that's not surprising to me. When you pull the battery then hold power, home, and Up until it vibrates does it boot to recovery? I would suggest flashing through CWM.
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I never use Rom Manager so that's not surprising to me. When you pull the battery then hold power, home, and Up until it vibrates does it boot to recovery? I would suggest flashing through CWM.
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When I pull the battery and do the pwer,home,up it acts like its going to boot into recovery.. has in blue letters boot into recovery but the screen goes blank. Is this supposed to happen.

thashock said:
When I pull the battery and do the pwer,home,up it acts like its going to boot into recovery.. has in blue letters boot into recovery but the screen goes blank. Is this supposed to happen.
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It may take a few attempts to get it to work since it's fickle sometimes.
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Still having some issues
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It may take a few attempts to get it to work since it's fickle sometimes.
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Thanks SlimSnoop I have tried roughly 15 times and am still not having any luck, are there any other tools you or anyone can suggest??

Yea, as long as you can boot into download mode then I suggest you utilize Odin and flash a stock image. There are two routes that you can go:
1) Odin flash the Verizon OTA VRBLK3 stock tar from DroidStyle's guide in the dev section. With this method, you would be returned to out of the box VRBLK3 and would need to root/unlock then flash roms again. The Odin tars included here are labeled as wiping /sdcard so be mindful of this.
2) Odin flash a rooted VRBLK3 image from mrRobinson thread. His thread contains Odin flashable rooted tars that are exactly the same as the OTA equivalent except they are rooted already. With this method, you would just need to unlock your bootloader using EZ Unlock v1.2 before flashing any custom roms. There's two versions of each rooted image here, one that wipes /sdcard and one that does not. So if you download the one labeled as wiping /sdcard all of your contents will be completely erased.
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[Q] [HELP!!] Tried to flash rooted Stock VRBF1 after Carbon 1.8, phone won't boot

I've been on Carbon 1.8 for some time (AOKP and CM10 before that) and wanted to go back to stock rooted TouchWiz for a while. So I downloaded the de-odexed rooted Stock VRBF1 from Scotts ROMs.
I flashed this from TWRP 2.5.0.0 and the phone would not boot beyond the "Samsung Galaxy S III" screen. This was a clean flash, I factory reset the phone and also manually cleaned the dalvik, cache, system and data from advanced wipe options.
I tried this again about twice with the same result.
I then tried a Stock VRALG7 zip that I had on my computer with the same result.
Finally, I gave up and decided to flash Carbon again, and the exact same thing happened - The phone won't boot beyond the "Samsung Galaxy S III" screen.
I can access Recovery just fine and even connect via adb. One thing I noticed was that when I am in TWRP and explore the files, /system is empty and has only one folder (bin)
At this point my phone is pretty much dead in the water and any help would be appreciated.
Thanks !!

Odin?....
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No, all from TWRP

GrinReaper said:
No, all from TWRP
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They're suggesting that you use Odin.
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SlimSnoopOS said:
They're suggesting that you use Odin.
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My bad, use ODIN to flash the stock or the Carbon?
Also do I use the same zip that I got from scots roms or do I the stock firmware from sammobile?
I have never really used Odin and am not really sure if all zips are odin flashable or not.
Thanks again.

GrinReaper said:
My bad, use ODIN to flash the stock or the Carbon?
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Use Odin to flash the stock tar then reroot. There's a no-wipe stock rom thread in the dev section that has a few stock images. If you have issues flashing those images then I firmly suggest using a tar that wipes /sdcard. You can download those on Samsung Update website for our phone model (SCH-I535).
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SlimSnoopOS said:
Use Odin to flash the stock tar then reroot. There's a no-wipe stock rom thread in the dev section that has a few stock images. If you have issues flashing those images then I firmly suggest using a tar that wipes /sdcard. You can download those on Samsung Update website for our phone model (SCH-I535).
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I am downloading the Firmware zip from sammobile, is that not the right file ? I really hate sounding like a noob but like I said, this is my first time with Odin.

GrinReaper said:
I am downloading the Firmware zip from sammobile, is that not the right file ? I really hate sounding like a noob but like I said, this is my first time with Odin.
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They might have some as well, I'm mobile and at work so I can't check for you. Make sure the tar specifically states it's for "d2vzw" or SCH-I535. If someone else can help out please do. I know there are firmware on "Samsung Updates" website but I haven't looked on Sammobile before. Better yet, post the file name once it's downloaded.
Edit: http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SCH-I535
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androidddaaron said:
Need some help I normally figure these things out on my own , as much as I've contributed to many issues forums on here ...now I need three help!
Possible incorrect twrp possible bad Noble kernel link?
Twrp is rebooting on its own the minute I attempt to flash anything didn't even flash .
Calls reboot phone.
Supersu is installed in used root checker and used play store supersu.
Even after flashing the suspersu in the root method link.
If I flash it bootloop into twrp only way into boot up is to Choose reboot inside twrp.
There's something really wrong and I'm not one to ask how to root but this time I need a fix . I don't believe Odin stock is necessary at this point I have a Bootable O.S.
I JUST CAN'T GET TWRP TO FLASH AND STOP BOOTLOOPING.
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Flash Arter's kernel instead of using noble

steve97ta said:
Flash Arter's kernel instead of using noble
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Wells wait there gotta be more issues then that.
What would cause this reboots within a call
Twrp just rebooting soon a as swipe to flash any kernel.
I think the only way I can flash kernel is with flashify or a kernel flashing app
I don't have a pc with me to flash as a .tar
So I need it as a flashable zip and
What twrp Version works and what's the code name for tmobiles version
Can I get a solid link to a known version problem free and what art kernel are you mentioning ?
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steve97ta said:
Flash Arter's kernel instead of using noble
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:thumbdown::thumbdown::thumbdown:
Did that and it immediately shut down phone to black nothingness! Almost mimicking a hard brick !
All I had to resort to was download mode and chose cancel to restart and forced manual recovery boot which I luckily had to restore back up .
Can anyone help me I Mean??
I have a O.S
I have a Bootable operating system Twrp don't work nothing flashes it just reboots into a loop when trying to flash anything . I can only reboot into running operating system when I choose reboot system in twrp.
It has to be a wrong version or maybe because I have OKC Update .
Or I just need philz ,but can I flash philz in a zip format or is it only available as a TAR?
Many readers not to many have good insight.
At the very least just want the stock recovery .img and stock kernel so I can go to stock this phone is so problematic to ROOT !
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androidddaaron said:
Wells wait there gotta be more issues then that.
What would cause this reboots within a call
Twrp just rebooting soon a as swipe to flash any kernel.
I think the only way I can flash kernel is with flashify or a kernel flashing app
I don't have a pc with me to flash as a .tar
So I need it as a flashable zip and
What twrp Version works and what's the code name for tmobiles version
Can I get a solid link to a known version problem free and what art kernel are you mentioning ?
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No pc and you're trying to root?

androidddaaron said:
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Did that and it immediately shut down phone to black nothingness! Almost mimicking a hard brick !
All I had to resort to was download mode and chose cancel to restart and forced manual recovery boot which I luckily had to restore back up .
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What is wrong with you bro?
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Brava27 said:
What is wrong with you bro?
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Calm down BRO!
I am rooted if anyone cared to read rather then take it all out of context .Said clearly I had working SU.
My issue was with TWRP recovery bootlooping evidently noble kernel is garbage .
Don't matter now Philz rec and art kernel did the trick.
I fixed my own issue which is only what one of the 25 views could have simply say in the first place.
And BTW what's wrong with you "BRO " over "HERE" Gettin salty with people. .. worst of all on a black berry .
lmao
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No pc and you're trying to root?
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No no no ... you can have working root and a flaked out TWRP recovery ive seen it a million times just like I told the other commenter whos just here to be a big **** talker !
My issue was with TWRP previousally when I tried and felt like being kind with my explanation that it was Bootlooping During "swipe to install" any zip.
As said before if someone could have simply just helped and said what to do where to find it and how in a 123 manner I could have resolved and closed the thread !
Either way for anyone reading this
DON'T USE NOBLE KERNEL OR TWRP
Them instructions links should be taken down .
Philz touch and arter kernel = Seamlessly rooted Note 5 with a recovery that flashes as it should.
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androidddaaron said:
No no no ... you can have working root and a flaked out TWRP recovery ive seen it a million times just like I told the other commenter whos just here to be a big **** talker !
My issue was with TWRP previousally when I tried and felt like being kind with my explanation that it was Bootlooping During "swipe to install" any zip.
As said before if someone could have simply just helped and said what to do where to find it and how in a 123 manner I could have resolved and closed the thread !
Either way for anyone reading this
DON'T USE NOBLE KERNEL OR TWRP
Them instructions links should be taken down .
Philz touch and arter kernel = Seamlessly rooted Note 5 with a recovery that flashes as it should.
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I followed these steps and twrp has no issues
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=62526150

Flashed latest SU...bricked! Help!

So I had root working with SU. I updated to the latest SU using flashfire. It flashed and rebooted the phone, now I'm bricked.
I get "security error: This phone has been flashed with unauthorized software and is locked"
I can't get into Recovery or download.
I'm assuming I'm f*cked?

You weren't supposed to update SuperSu it was specifically stated in the original tutorials that updating would cause issues...
Also explain how you aren't able to access the recovery or download mode...
Is the screen black?
Does your computer recognize it when it's plugged in?

All you had to do was extract the newest supersu.apk from the new chainfire release and install via app installer. Hope you got it by now.

Yeah, I got it now.
FYI - extracting the superu.apk doesn't update it. You have to re-run the root.bat that comes with the .zip.
Also, I had to re-flash the stock firmware.
That was scary.
Thanks,

Glad you got it but what I meant was to extract the APK from the zip file transfer it to your phone and then install the APK file regular. either way I'm glad you got it fixed

veritasaequita said:
Glad you got it but what I meant was to extract the APK from the zip file transfer it to your phone and then install the APK file regular. either way I'm glad you got it fixed
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Ahhh. Good to know. Thanks.
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seanvree said:
Ahhh. Good to know. Thanks.
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pls help i stick same erorr (

OFz said:
pls help i stick same erorr (
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download odin prince comsy and flash stock firmware with same version of bootloader (BL_G930AUCU4BQA6 ) this just example ? 5th symbol from the back is the version of bootloader.